pondérer
\pɔ̃.de.ʁe\
The verdict
“pondérer” is uncommon French (frequency #58,173 among 6,826 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,173
- frequency rank, French
- 6,826
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Assigner des poids.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ponderer · pondérer · French
pondérer · rank #58,173 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,173
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,826
- PHOTO-FINISH polyphonique
Nearest frequency peer: polyphonique (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangs de longue queue près de « pondérer »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- pogroms
pogroms
41,831 corpus weight
- pollack
pollack
41,830 corpus weight
- polyphonique
polyphonique
41,829 corpus weight
- pondérer
pondérer
41,828 corpus weight
- populi
populi
41,826 corpus weight
- portatifs
portatifs
41,825 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « pondérer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pondérer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pɔ̃.de.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #58,173 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pondérer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
pondérer is uncommon French at frequency #58,173 among 6,826 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \pɔ̃.de.ʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pondérer, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is pondérer, spelled P-O-N-D-É-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Assigner des poids.
- 2Équilibrer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pondérer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pendant longtemps, ses plus et moins n’étaient pas pondérés, si bien qu’une touche manquée avait la même importance qu’un but inscrit.
Chez Ambrière, il y a souvent un comportement collectif que l’on peut clairement identifier – ici : les curés sont anti-hitlériens – et des marges à ce comportement, qui pondèrent cette identité.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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